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Took a minibus to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands and in the afternoon walked up a hill to tudor hotel and had fancy(read:expensive) scones with jam and tea).

Met a fun bunch of people here and the climate is awesome (sunny but not hot and humid during the day, bit cold at night), so decided [...]

Arrived late afternoon after a long bus ride and a short ferry trip, and checked into Love Lane Inn (great friendly clean place), and wandered around the old colonial area.

Met an Irish guy called Wayne in my hostel and we took a bus to Kek Lok Si Temple. Also tried to go up Penang Hill [...]

Taman Negara
Left Kuala Lumpur and headed to the jungle, otherwise known as Taman Negara, the major national park in Malaysia.
It took two busses and a very nice three hour boat trip to get there, with occasional monkeys or local people on the bank
Took a night jungle walk and saw lots of (large) insects and spiders, [...]

Since I’ve arrived in Kuala Lumpur I’ve ’slept’ at the airport, checked into a guesthouse that has strange staff, big fish in tanks and a pet monkey, and met a fellow backpacker (canadian female, Julie), who I agreed to share a room (double bed) with, within 5 minutes of meeting her (to save costs), and [...]

Written last night, Sunday 6 September (details of torturous two day Rinjani Trek further below).
Just back from dinner at a local place, where I chose my food from the window of the stall (rice, tuna, tofu, potato cake, vegetables, egg with coconut sauce). I dined with my neighbours in my hotel, a friendly ~60 year [...]